"Go. This is my mercy toward Anteiku."
With that, Huiqi took everyone's access cards for Anteiku out of his pocket and tossed them onto the floor.
"What are you really after?!" Ken Kaneki looked at the cards on the floor, then back at Huiqi, fear flickering in his eyes.
Back in Ward 20, Huiqi had slaughtered every ghoul in his path, sparing only Hana Irimi and Enji Koma. At the Auction, he had deliberately left Hinami behind, and now he had given Kaneki the access cards for Anteiku's ghouls.
People's hearts were always complicated. Even excessive kindness could be taken as a sign of ulterior motives.
That was exactly how Ken Kaneki felt now. He was terrified of what Huiqi would do next, just as Kishou Arima had said back then: personally wipe out everyone in Ward 20... Although that had not actually happened, Kaneki had suffered a mental breakdown at the time.
"Take Anteiku's people and leave. This is one of the few acts of mercy I have for ghouls. As for why? Perhaps it's because of the little girl beside you."
Huiqi's figure receded into the distance. Ken Kaneki and Hinami Fueguchi exchanged a glance, then hurriedly picked up the access cards.
Below.
Kishou Arima was locked in fierce combat with Ayato Kirishima and his companions. The three took turns attacking him, but still made no headway. Instead, their wounds only grew worse.
The outcome was never in doubt. Arima overwhelmed all three, wielding Narukami with consummate skill, seamlessly shifting its forms to attack and defend.
Am I going to die...? Sorrow welled up in Touka's heart.
"I won't let you take my family away again! I'll put everything into this last strike!" Yomo roared, his eyes filled with hatred for Kishou Arima.
Kishou Arima had killed Renji